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African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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Cox TL, Ard JD, Beasley TM, Fernandez JR, Howard VJ, Affuso O.
Body Image as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Weight-Related Quality of Life in Black Women.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]
Carter-Edwards L, Bastian LA, Revels J, Durham H, Lokhnygina Y, Amamoo MA, Ostbye T.
Body image and body satisfaction differ by race in overweight postpartum mothers.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Feb;19(2):305-11.
Davis DS, Sbrocco T, Odoms-Young A, Smith DM.
Attractiveness in African American and Caucasian women: is beauty in the eyes of the observer?
Eat Behav. 2010 Jan;11(1):25-32. Epub 2009 Aug 29.
Chandler-Laney PC, Hunter GR, Ard JD, Brock DW, Gower BA, Roy JL.
Perception of others' body size influences weight loss and regain for European American but not African American women.
Health Psychol. 2009 Jul;28(4):414-8.
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Davis DS, Sbrocco T, Williams J.
Understanding body image in African American and Caucasian first-graders: a partnership with the YMCA.
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2009 Winter;3(4):271.
Boyington JE, Johnson AA, Carter-Edwards L.
Dissatisfaction among low-income, postpartum African American women.
Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN) 2007 Mar-Apr; 36(2):144-51.
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Gilliland MJ, Windle M, Grunbaum JA, Yancey A, Hoelscher D, Tortolero SR, Schuster MA.
Body image and children's mental health related behaviors: results from the healthy passages study.
J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Jan-Feb;32(1):30-41. Epub 2006 Jun 14.
PMID: 16775084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Halbert CH, Bellamy S, Bowman M, Briggs V, Delmoor E, Purnell J, Rogers R, Weathers B, Kumanyika S.
Effects of integrated risk counseling for cancer and cardiovascular disease in African Americans.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 May;102(5):396-402.
Weathers B, Kessler L, Collier A, Stopfer JE, Domchek S, Halbert CH.
Utilization of religious coping strategies among African American women at increased risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Fam Community Health. 2009 Jul-Sep;32(3):218-27.
PMID: 19525703 [PubMed - in process]
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Halbert CH, Weathers B, Delmoor E, Mahler B, Coyne J, Thompson HS, Have TT, Vaughn D, Malkowicz SB, Lee D.
Racial differences in medical mistrust among men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Cancer. 2009 Jun 1;115(11):2553-61.
PMID: 19296516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Hughes Halbert C, Wrenn G, Weathers B, Delmoor E, Ten Have T, Coyne JC.
Sociocultural determinants of men's reactions to prostate cancer diagnosis.
Psychooncology. 2009 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19408346 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Brewster K, Wileyto EP, Kessler L, Collier A, Weathers B, Stopfer JE, Domchek S, Halbert CH.
Sociocultural predictors of breast cancer risk perceptions in African American breast cancer survivors.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Feb;16(2):244-8.
PMID: 17301256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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McCarthy WJ, Yancey AK, Harrison GG, Leslie J, Siegel JM.
Fighting cancer with fitness: dietary outcomes of a randomized, controlled lifestyle change intervention in healthy African-American women.
Prev Med. 2007 Mar;44(3):246-53. Epub 2006 Dec 6.
PMID: 17156835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Yeary KH, Cornell CE, Turner J, Moore P, Bursac Z, Prewitt TE, West DS.
Feasibility of an evidence-based weight loss intervention for a faith-based, rural, african american population. Prev Chronic Dis. Nov 2011 [Epub]
Fitzgibbon ML, Stolley MR, Schiffer L, Sharp LK, Singh V, Dyer A.
Obesity Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT): 18-Month Results.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Mar 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Gustafson A, Khavjou O, Stearns SC, Keyserling TC, Gizlice Z, Lindsley S, Bramble K, Garcia B, Johnston L, Will J, Poindexter P, Ammerman AS, Samuel-Hodge CD.
Cost-effectiveness of a behavioral weight loss intervention for low-income women: the Weight-Wise Program.
Prev Med. 2009 Nov;49(5):390-5. Epub 2009 Sep 10.
Kennedy BM, Kumanyika S, Ard JD, Reams P, Johnson CA, Karanja N, Charleston JB, Appel LJ, Maurice V, Harsha DW.
Overall and minority-focused recruitment strategies in the PREMIER multicenter trial of lifestyle interventions for blood pressure control.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print]
Samuel-Hodge CD, Johnston LF, Gizlice Z, Garcia BA, Lindsley SC, Bramble KP, Hardy TE, Ammerman AS, Poindexter PA, Will JC, Keyserling TC.
Randomized Trial of a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Low-income Women: The Weight Wise Program.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Oct;17(10):1891-9.
Carter-Edwards L, Bastian LA, Schultz M, Amamoo MA, Ostbye T.
An internet-based weight loss intervention initiated by a newspaper.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Jul;6(3):A101. Epub 2009 Jun 15.
Odoms-Young AM, Zenk S, Mason M.
Measuring food availability and access in African-American communities: implications for intervention and policy.
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Apr;36(4 Suppl):S145-50.
PMID: 19285205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kennedy BM, Champagne CM, Ryan DH, Newton R Jr, Conish BK, Harsha DW, Levy EJ, Bogle ML; Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research; Initiative.
The "Rolling Store:" an economical and environmental approach to the prevention of weight gain in African American women.
Ethn Dis. 2009 Winter;19(1):7-12.
PMID: 19341156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Ammerman AS, Ward DS, Benjamin SE, Ball SC, Sommers JK, Molloy M, Dodds JM.
An intervention to promote healthy weight: Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) theory and design.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A67. Epub 2007 Jun 15.
PMID: 17572971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Beach MC, Gary TL, Price EG, Robinson K, Gozu A, Palacio A, Smarth C, Jenckes M, Feuerstein C, Bass EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA.
Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions.
BMC Public Health. 2006 Apr 24;6:104. Review.
PMID: 16635262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Benjamin SE, Neelon B, Ball SC, Bangdiwala SI, Ammerman AS, Ward DS.
Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care.
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2007 Jul 5;4:29.
PMID: 17615078 [PubMed]
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Casagrande SS, Gary TL, Laveist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA.
Perceived discrimination and adherence to medical care in a racially integrated community.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-95.
PMID: 17356974 [PubMed - in process]
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Ford JG, Howerton MW, Bolen S, Gary TL, Lai GY, Tilburt J, Gibbons MC, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Feuerstein CJ, Tanpitukpongse P, Powe NR, Bass EB.
Knowledge and access to information on recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials.
Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ). 2005 Jun;(122):1-11. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 15989377 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kieffer EC, Willis SK, Odoms-Young AM, Guzman JR, Allen AJ, Two Feathers J, Loveluck J.
Reducing disparities in diabetes among African-American and Latino residents of Detroit: the essential role of community planning focus groups.
Ethn Dis. 2004 Summer;14(3 Suppl 1):S27-37.
PMID: 15682769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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McNeill LH, Viswanath K, Bennett GG, Puleo E, Emmons KM.
Feasibility of using a web-based nutrition intervention among residents of multiethnic working-class neighborhoods.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A55. Epub 2007 Jun 15.
PMID: 17572959 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Montgomery S, Herring P, Yancey A, Beeson L, Butler T, Knutsen S, Sabate J, Chan J, Preston-Martin S, Fraser G.
Comparing self-reported disease outcomes, diet, and lifestyles in a national cohort of black and white Seventh-day Adventists.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A62. Epub 2007 Jun 15. Erratum in: Prev Chronic
Dis. 2008 Jan;5(1):A29.
PMID: 17572966 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Stoddard AM, Krieger N, Barbeau EM, Bennett GG, Fay ME, Sorensen G, Emmons K.
Methods and baseline characteristics of two group-randomized trials with multiracial and multiethnic working-class samples.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2005 Oct;2(4):A10. Epub 2005 Sep 15.
PMID: 16164814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Wang Y, Tussing L, Odoms-Young A, Braunschweig C, Flay B, Hedeker D, Hellison D.
Obesity prevention in low socioeconomic status urban African-american adolescents: study design and preliminary findings of the HEALTH-KIDS Study.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Jan;60(1):92-103.
PMID: 16118646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Yancey AK, Kumanyika SK, Ponce NA, McCarthy WJ, Fielding JE, Leslie JP, Akbar J.
Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2004 Jan;1(1):A09. Epub 2003 Dec 15. Review.
PMID: 15634371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Weathers B, Barg FK, Bowman M, Briggs V, Delmoor E, Kumanyika S, Johnson JC, Purnell J, Rogers R, Halbert CH.
Using a mixed-methods approach to identify health concerns in an african american community.
Am J Public Health. Nov 2011 [PubMed - in process]
Baskin ML, Gary LC, Hardy CM, Schoenberger YM, Scarinci I, Fouad MN, Partridge EE.
Predictors of retention of African American women in a walking program.
Am J Health Behav. 2011 Jan-Feb;35(1):40-50.
Yancey AK, Cole BL, Brown R, Williams JD, Hillier A, Kline RS, Ashe M, Grier SA, Backman D, McCarthy WJ.
A cross-sectional prevalence study of ethnically targeted and general audience outdoor obesity-related advertising.
Milbank Q. 2009 Mar;87(1):155-84.
PMID: 19298419 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Gans KM, Risica PM, Kirtania U, Jennings A, Strolla LO, Steiner-Asiedu M, Hardy N, Lasater TM.
Dietary behaviors and portion sizes of black women who enrolled in SisterTalk and variation by demographic characteristics.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009 Jan-Feb;41(1):32-40.
PMID: 19161918 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Casagrande SS, Whitt-Glover MC, Lancaster KJ, Odoms-Young AM, Gary TL.
Built environment and health behaviors among African Americans: a systematic review
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Feb;36(2):174-81.
PMID: 19135908 [PubMed - in process]
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Ard JD, Durant RW, Edwards LC, Svetkey LP.
Perceptions of African-American culture and implications for clinical trial design.
Ethn Dis. 2005 Spring;15(2):292-9.
PMID: 15825976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Bennett GG, Wolin KY, James SA.
Lifecourse socioeconomic position and weight change among blacks: The Pitt County study.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Jan;15(1):172-81.
PMID: 17228045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Casagrande SS, Gary TL, LaVeist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA.
Perceived discrimination and adherence to medical care in a racially integrated community.
J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-95.
PMID: 17356974 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Kumanyika SK, Whitt-Glover MC, Gary TL, Prewitt TE, Odoms-Young AM, Banks-Wallace J, et al.
Expanding the obesity research paradigm to reach African American communities.
Prev Chronic Dis 2007;4(4).
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Carthron DL, Johnson TM, Hubbart TD, Strickland C, Nance K.
"Give me some sugar!" the diabetes self-management activities of African-American primary caregiving grandmothers.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2010 Sep 1;42(3):330-7.
West DS, Prewitt TE, Bursac Z, Felix HC.
Corrigendum: Weight loss of Black, White and Hispanic Men and Women in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Nov;17(11):2119-20.
Carson AP, Rose KM, Catellier DJ, Diez-Roux AV, Muntaner C, Wyatt SB.
Employment Status, Coronary Heart Disease, and Stroke Among Women.
Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19596203 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Peek ME, Wilson SC, Gorawara-Bhat R, Odoms-Young A, Quinn MT, Chin MH.
Barriers and Facilitators to Shared Decision-making Among African-Americans with Diabetes.
J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Jul 4. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19578818 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Samuel-Hodge CD, Keyserling TC, Park S, Johnston LF, Gizlice Z, Bangdiwala SI.
A randomized trial of a church-based diabetes self-management program for African Americans with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Educ. 2009 May-Jun;35(3):439-54. Epub 2009 Apr 21.
PMID: 19383882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Baptiste-Roberts K, Barone BB, Gary TL, Golden SH, Wilson LM, Bass EB, Nicholson WK.
Risk factors for type 2 diabetes among women with gestational diabetes: a systematic review.
Am J Med. 2009 Mar;122(3):207-214.e4. Review.
PMID: 19272478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Rosen RC, Wing RR, Schneider S, Wadden TA, Foster GD, West DS, Kitabchi AE, Brancati FL, Maschak-Carey BJ, Bahnson JL, Lewis CE, Gendrano Iii IN.
Erectile dysfunction in type 2 diabetic men: relationship to exercise fitness and cardiovascular risk factors in the Look AHEAD trial.
J Sex Med. 2009 May;6(5):1414-22. Epub 2009 Jan 31.
PMID: 19192106 [PubMed - in process]
Appel LJ, Brands MW, Daniels SR, Karanja N, Elmer PJ, Sacks FM; American Heart Association.
Dietary approaches to prevent and treat hypertension: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
Hypertension. 2006 Feb;47(2):296-308.
PMID: 16434724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Cook NR, Cutler JA, Obarzanek E, Buring JE, Rexrode KM, Kumanyika SK, Appel LJ, Whelton PK.
Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP).
BMJ. 2007 Apr 28;334(7599):885. Epub 2007 Apr 20.
PMID: 17449506 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Karter AJ, Stevens MR, Brown AF, Duru OK, Gregg EW, Gary TL, Beckles GL, Tseng CW, Marrero DG, Waitzfelder B, Herman WH, Piette JD, Safford MM, Ettner SL.
Educational disparities in health behaviors among patients with diabetes: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study.
BMC Public Health. 2007 Oct 29;7(1):308 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17967177 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Obarzanek E, Sacks FM, Vollmer WM, Bray GA, Miller ER 3rd, Lin PH, Karanja NM, Most-Windhauser MM, Moore TJ, Swain JF, Bales CW, Proschan MA; DASH Research Group.
Effects on blood lipids of a blood pressure-lowering diet: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Jul;74(1):80-9.
PMID: 11451721 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Okosun IS, Chandra KM, Choi S, Christman J, Dever GE, Prewitt TE.
Hypertension and type 2 diabetes comorbidity in adults in the United States: risk of overall and regional adiposity.
Obes Res. 2001 Jan;9(1):1-9.
PMID: 11346661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Samuel-Hodge CD, Keyserling TC, France R, Ingram AF, Johnston LF, Pullen Davis L, Davis G, Cole AS.
A church-based diabetes self-management education program for African Americans with type 2 diabetes.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2006 Jul;3(3):A93. Epub 2006 Jun 15.
PMID: 16776894 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Schulz AJ, Zenk S, Odoms-Young A, Hollis-Neely T, Nwankwo R, Lockett M, Ridella W, Kannan S.
Healthy eating and exercising to reduce diabetes: exploring the potential of social determinants of health frameworks within the context of community-based participatory diabetes prevention.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Apr;95(4):645-51.
PMID: 15798125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Smith SC Jr, Clark LT, Cooper RS, Daniels SR, Kumanyika SK, Ofili E, Quinones MA, Sanchez EJ, Saunders E, Tiukinhoy SD; American Heart Association Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension Writing Group.
Discovering the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease: Minority Health Summit 2003: report of the Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension Writing Group.
Circulation. 2005 Mar 15;111(10):e134-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 15769755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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St Jeor ST, Howard BV, Prewitt TE, Bovee V, Bazzarre T, Eckel RH; Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.
Dietary protein and weight reduction: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart Association.
Circulation. 2001 Oct 9;104(15):1869-74.
PMID: 11591629 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Vollmer WM, Sacks FM, Ard J, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Simons-Morton DG, Conlin PR, Svetkey LP, Erlinger TP, Moore TJ, Karanja N; DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of diet and sodium intake on blood pressure: subgroup analysis of the DASH-sodium trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2001 Dec 18;135(12):1019-28.
PMID: 11747380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Grier S, Kumanyika SK.
Targeted Marketing and Public Health
Annual Review of Public Health, Vol. 31: 349-369 (March 2010)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103607)
Kraak VI, Kumanyika SK, Story M.
The commercial marketing of healthy lifestyles to address the global child and adolescent obesity pandemic: prospects, pitfalls and priorities.
Public Health Nutr. 2009 Jun 23:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]
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Hillier A, Cole BL, Smith TE, Yancey AK, Williams JD, Grier SA, McCarthy WJ.
Clustering of unhealthy outdoor advertisements around child-serving institutions: A comparison of three cities.
Health Place. 2009 Mar 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 19369111 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Yancey AK, Cole BL, Brown R, Williams JD, Hillier A, Kline RS, Ashe M, Grier SA, Backman D, McCarthy WJ.
A cross-sectional prevalence study of ethnically targeted and general audience outdoor obesity-related advertising.
Milbank Q. 2009 Mar;87(1):155-84.
PMID: 19298419 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Grier SA, Kumanyika SK.
The context for choice. Health implications of targeted marketing of foods and beverages to African Americans.
Am J Public Health 2008: 98: 1616-1629
PMID: 18633097 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Grier SA, Mensinger J, Huang SH, Kumanyika SK, Stettler N.
Fast-Food Marketing and Children's Fast-Food Consumption: Exploring Parents' Influences in an Ethnically Diverse Sample
Journal of Public Policy & Marketing Vol. 26 (2) Fall 2007, 221–235
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Kumanyika S, Grier S.
Targeting interventions for ethnic minority and low-income populations.
Future Child. 2006 Spring;16(1):187-207.
PMID: 16532664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Yancey AK, Kumanyika SK, Ponce NA, McCarthy WJ, Fielding JE, Leslie JP, Akbar J.
Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2004 Jan;1(1):A09. Epub 2003 Dec 15. Review.
PMID: 15634371 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Chen L, Appel LJ, Loria C, Lin PH, Champagne CM, Elmer PJ, Ard JD, Mitchell D, Batch BC, Svetkey LP, Caballero B.
Reduction in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight loss: the PREMIER trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 May;89(5):1299-306. Epub 2009 Apr 1.
PMID: 19339405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Ard JD, Fitzpatrick S, Desmond RA, Sutton BS, Pisu M, Allison DB, Franklin F, Baskin ML.
The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Feb;97(2):367-72. Epub 2006 Nov 30.
PMID: 17138914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Casagrande SS, Wang Y, Anderson C, Gary TL.
Have Americans increased their fruit and vegetable intake? The trends between 1988 and 2002.
Am J Prev Med. 2007 Apr;32(4):257-63.
PMID: 17383556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Elmer PJ, Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Simons-Morton D, Stevens VJ, Young DR, Lin PH, Champagne C, Harsha DW, Svetkey LP, Ard J, Brantley PJ, Proschan MA, Erlinger TP, Appel LJ; PREMIER Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on diet, weight, physical fitness, and blood pressure control: 18-month results of a randomized trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 4;144(7):485-95. Summary for patients in: Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 4;144(7):I27.
PMID: 16585662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Gaskins ND, Sloane PD, Mitchell CM, Ammerman A, Ickes SB, Williams CS.
Poor nutritional habits: a modifiable predecessor of chronic illness? A North Carolina Family Medicine Research Network (NC-FM-RN) study.
J Am Board Fam Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):124-34.
PMID: 17341748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lancaster KJ, Watts SO, Dixon LB.
Dietary intake and risk of coronary heart disease differ among ethnic subgroups of black Americans.
J Nutr. 2006 Feb;136(2):446-51.
PMID: 16424126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lin PH, Proschan MA, Bray GA, Fernandez CP, Hoben K, Most-Windhauser M, Karanja N, Obarzanek E; DASH Collaborative Research Group.
Estimation of energy requirements in a controlled feeding trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Mar;77(3):639-45.
PMID: 12600854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Lyles TE 3rd, Desmond R, Faulk LE, Henson S, Hubbert K, Heimburger DC, Ard JD.
Diet variety based on macronutrient intake and its relationship with body mass index.
MedGenMed. 2006 Aug 16;8(3):39.
PMID: 17406172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Pierce JP, Natarajan L, Caan BJ, Parker BA, Greenberg ER, Flatt SW, Rock CL, Kealey S, Al-Delaimy WK, Bardwell WA, Carlson RW, Emond JA, Faerber S, Gold EB, Hajek RA, Hollenbach K, Jones LA, Karanja N, Madlensky L, Marshall J, Newman VA, Ritenbaugh C, Thomson CA, Wasserman L, Stefanick ML.
Influence of a diet very high in vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized trial.
JAMA. 2007 Jul 18;298(3):289-98.
PMID: 17635889 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Vollmer WM, Sacks FM, Ard J, Appel LJ, Bray GA, Simons-Morton DG, Conlin PR, Svetkey LP, Erlinger TP, Moore TJ, Karanja N; DASH-Sodium Trial Collaborative Research Group.
Effects of diet and sodium intake on blood pressure: subgroup analysis of the DASH-sodium trial.
Ann Intern Med. 2001 Dec 18;135(12):1019-28.
PMID: 11747380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Hollis-Neely T, Campbell RT, Holmes N, Watkins G, Nwankwo R, Odoms-Young A.
Fruit and vegetable intake in African Americans income and store characteristics.
Am J Prev Med. 2005 Jul;29(1):1-9.
PMID: 15958245 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Bartfield JK, Stevens VJ, Jerome GJ, Batch BC, Kennedy BM, Vollmer WM, Harsha D, Appel LJ, Desmond R, Ard JD.
Behavioral transitions and weight change patterns within the PREMIER trial.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011 Aug. (8):pp. 1609-15.
West DS, Bursac Z, Cornell CE, Felix HC, Fausett JK, Krukowski RA, Lensing S, Love SJ, Prewitt TE, Beck C.
Lay health educators translate a weight-loss intervention in senior centers a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. Oct. [PubMed - in process]
West DS, Harvey-Berino J, Krukowski RA, Skelly JM.
Pretreatment Weight Change is Associated with Obesity Treatment Outcomes.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Samuel-Hodge CD, Gizlice Z, Cai J, Brantley PJ, Ard JD, Svetkey LP.
Family Functioning and Weight Loss in a Sample of African Americans and Whites.
Ann Behav Med. 2010 Aug 19. [Epub ahead of print]
Robinson WR, Stevens J, Kaufman JS, Gordon-Larsen P.
The role of adolescent behaviors in the female-male disparity in obesity incidence in US black and white young adults.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Jul;18(7):1429-36. Epub 2009 Oct 29.
Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Odoms-Young AM.
How neighborhood environments contribute to obesity.
Am J Nurs. 2009 Jul;109(7):61-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 19546647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Huang TT, Drewnowski A, Kumanyika SK, Glass TA.
A systems-oriented multilevel framework for addressing obesity in the 21st century.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Jul;6(3):A97. Epub 2009 Jun 15. No abstract available.
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Taylor WC, Floyd MF, Whitt-Glover MC, Brooks J.
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Tudor-Locke C, Basset DR Jr, Rutherford WJ, Ainsworth BE, Chan CB, Croteau K, Giles-Cori B, LeMasurier G, Moreau K, Mrozek J, Oppert J-M, Raustorp A, Strath SJ, Thompson D, Whitt-Glover MC, Wilde B, Wojcik JR.
BMI-referenced cut points for pedometer-determined steps per day in adults.
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Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Whitt MC, Thompson RW, Addy CL, Jones DA.
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